Word Study · Strong's G2665 · Greek
καταπέτασμα
katapetasma
kat-ap-et'-as-mah
Strong's 1890 spelling: katapétasma
“something spread thoroughly, i.e. (specially) the door screen (to the Most Holy Place) in the Jewish Temple”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
something spread thoroughly, i.e. (specially) the door screen (to the Most Holy Place) in the Jewish Temple
Rendered in the KJV as
vail.
- 6occurrencesin the New Testament
- 4 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 2inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 6 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 2
- καταπέτασμα4
- καταπετάσματος,2
How it is rendered · 2
- veil4
- veil,2
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- noun · nominative (subject) · neuter singular3
- noun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singular2
- noun · accusative (object) · neuter singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- N-NSN · 3
- N-GSN · 2
- N-ASN · 1
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The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Hebrews3 occurrences
- Hebrews 6:19καταπετάσματος,katapetasmatosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singularWe have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain,here: veil,
- Hebrews 9:3καταπέτασμαkatapetasmanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singularBehind the second curtain was a room called the Most Holy Place,here: veil
- Hebrews 10:20καταπετάσματος,katapetasmatosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singularby the new and living way opened for us through the curtain of His body,here: veil,